A Fine Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols

By Robert Wogdon, Circa 1780

With browned swamped octagonal barrels signed along the top flat and each with bent bore, engraved with a transverse band of beadwork at the rear of the breech and with silver fore-sight, case-hardened foliate engraved tangs each decorated with a band of beadwork en suite in front of the back-sight, signed case-hardened flat bevelled detented locks and cocks, the former each retained by two screws and with safety-catch and blued steel-spring, figured full stocks (minor old repair above the front of one lock) with swelling flat-sided butts, blued border engraved steel-mounts comprising butt-caps each decorated with foliage on the tang and with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards (one with some loss of blueing) each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, set triggers, small silver escutcheons on each side flat engraved with owner's initial 'L, original ramrods, one with horn tip, the other with threaded brass powder-measure and iron worm, and retaining most of their original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with later brass-mounted powder-flask, turnscrew with pricker, and combined loading/cleaning rod, the exterior of the lid with brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks and Wogdon's barrelsmith's mark
24 cm. barrels